Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Salt Lick
At Austin airport on way to Portland via LA. Sun is thinking of
setting and it will be many miles before my head hits a pillow. The
plane looks large.
setting and it will be many miles before my head hits a pillow. The
plane looks large.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
He restores my soul.
"The Lord is my sheperd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me besides still waters. He restores my soul." —23rd Psalm
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
...all selfishness disappears....
"For the mind in harmony with the Source,
all selfishness disappears with not
even a trace of self-doubt.
all selfishness disappears with not
even a trace of self-doubt.
You can trust the universe completely."
—Trust in Mind
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
I only kiss your shadow
"And how the room is softly faded
And I only kiss your shadow,
I cannot feel your hand,
You're a stranger now unto me
Lost in the dangling conversation.
And the superficial sighs,
In the borders of our lives."
And I only kiss your shadow,
I cannot feel your hand,
You're a stranger now unto me
Lost in the dangling conversation.
And the superficial sighs,
In the borders of our lives."
—Simon & Garfunkle
Monday, September 7, 2009
Firewood becomes ash....
"Firewood becomes ash, and it does not become firewood again.
Yet do not suggest that the ash is future and the firewood is past." —Eihei Dogen
Sunday, September 6, 2009
In the Expert's mind the possibilities are ....
"In the Expert's mind the possibilities are limited.
In the Beginner's mind the possibilities are endless."
—Shunryu Suzuki
Saturday, September 5, 2009
...a passing shadow gone so soon....
"We are here for only a moment,
visitors and strangers in the land
as our ancestors were before us.
Our days on earth are like a passing shadow
gone so soon without a trace."
—1 Chronicles 29:14-16
Friday, September 4, 2009
A man and a woman and a blackbird are one.
I
"Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird."
IV
"A man and a woman
Are one,
A man and a woman and a blackbird
Are one."
—Wallace Stevens, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Thursday, September 3, 2009
...a dish of ice cream....
"The way we usually hold a relationship is that,
this relationship is ... out there, and it's supposed
to give me pleasure. In other words we make this
relationship into a dish of ice cream ... I've picked you
out and you know what you are supposed to do."
—Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Don't get tangled in the world.
"Don't get tangled in the world.
Don't lose yourself in emptiness.
Be at peace in the oneness of things.
and all errors will disappear by themselves."
—Trust in Mind
Don't lose yourself in emptiness.
Be at peace in the oneness of things.
and all errors will disappear by themselves."
—Trust in Mind
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
With that Moon Language
Admit something:
Everyone you see, you say to them, "Love me."
Of course you do not do this out loud,
otherwise someone would call the cops.
Still, though, think about this, this great pull in us to connect.
Why not become the one who lives with a
full moon in each eye that is
always saying,
With that sweet moon language,
what every other eye in this world is dying to hear?
—Hafiz
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Love one another, but make not a bond of love....
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls"
—Kahil Gibran, The Prophet
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Reflections on Talks on Buddha's Lists
During a recent Appamada Intensive our students gave talks on Buddha's lists. Here are my reflections on their talks.
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